Remix is a mixture of many original ideas that become one new idea. Plagiarism is taking someone’s original work and making it your own. The difference is that remixes are many ideas made into one. That will take some originality in the process. Plagiarism is taking one idea and and making it your own with no originality added.
Manhood deals with the African American males and how they are portrayed in the media as angry men. They are made out to be drug dealers and pimps. Normally the media shows the bad side of a story and does not tell why the person is mad. If a famous African American male does something wrong, it runs on every news channel. When a good deed is accomplished you never hear a word of it.
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Death Row artists are portrayed as thugs. There are female thugs also. The best betrayal of black female thugs would be in the movie Set it Off. Queen Latifah, Jada Pickett-Smith, Kimberly Elise, and Vivica A. Fox are all bank robbers in this movie. Two of the characters are killed in the movie during separate bank robbing. Female Rappers have mythic personalities just like male rappers. Queen Latifah has been arrested for possesion of pot and for carrying a concealed weapon. Lil Kim has been found guilty of perjury and conspriacy and faces a year in jail. Eve and Trina are ex-strippers who have very sexually explicit lyrics degrading men.
Cool Pose discusses attitude as cool. Cool for many people is all in their attitude. How you talk, walk, dress, and even how you style your hair. When you look cool you feel more comfortable acting cool. Rappers are always setting new trends from vidoes, pictures, and album covers.
